COLLABORATION BETWEEN PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY TEACHERS AND EXPERT: A CONTRIBUTION TO TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
COLLABORATION BETWEEN PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY TEACHERS AND EXPERT: A CONTRIBUTION TO TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Author(s): Mónica Baptista
Subject(s): Education, School education
Published by: Scientia Socialis, UAB
Keywords: professional development; teachers’ collaboration; training program;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the research was to know the contribution of collaborative work between teachers and an expert for their professional development. The collaboration was promoted during a training program involving five steps: Plan, Action, Collect, Interpret and Reflect. This study involved six physics and chemistry teachers. Results show that the teachers felt that the collaborative work promoted learning related to the applicability of the theory to practice, with the formulation of inquiry tasks and their implementation in the classroom.

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